9/29/2025 9:25:32 AM FCA lays groundwork for scrapping contactless limit By Simon Treacy The FCA is consulting on removing contactless payment limits. If the proposals are finalised, banks and other payment service providers...
9/24/2025 8:40:27 AM Singapore: MAS sounds the alarm on deepfake dangers for FIs By Elizabeth Webb Claris Teo The MAS has published a new information paper Cyber Risks Associated with Deepfakes, addressing emerging cyber threats in the financial...
9/23/2025 10:16:16 AM FCA tailors how its rulebook will apply to cryptoasset activities By Harry Eddis Richard Hay James Morris Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less A new consultation from the Financial Conduct Authority shows more clearly the extent of the compliance burden to come for crypto...
9/8/2025 12:36:07 PM UK consults on closing the Payment Systems Regulator By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less HM Treasury has opened a consultation on moving the functions of the Payment Systems Regulator into the Financial Conduct Authority. The...
9/3/2025 7:09:50 PM UK drafts changes to Money Laundering Regulations By James Morris Olivia Murphy Simon Treacy Duncan Campbell +1 more... Show less The UK Government has shared draft legislation amending the Money Laundering Regulations, including changes to cryptoasset regulation,...
9/3/2025 1:57:35 PM Catch up on our recent payments podcasts By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less It has been a busy summer for the regulation of payment services in the UK. As well as calling on e-money and payments firms to improve...
8/29/2025 8:52:42 AM Singapore: Tokenize Xchange - MAS refers cryptocurrency platform to police By Elizabeth Webb Claris Teo On 1 August 2025, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that AmazingTech Pte Ltd (ATPL), operator of the Tokenize Xchange...
8/28/2025 9:56:17 AM DORA: Designating critical ICT third-party service providers By Guillaume Couneson Raza Naeem Simon Treacy The European Supervisory Authorities are contacting vendors to say they expect to designate them as being “critical” to the EU financial...
8/19/2025 3:21:12 PM EU insurance supervisor guides firms on managing AI risks By Rebekah Ellis The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has finalised its opinion on AI Governance and Risk Management. EIOPA’s...
8/7/2025 11:26:05 AM FCA confirms tougher safeguarding rules for payments and e-money but delays longer-term reform By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Olivia Murphy Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less Payments firms must safeguard the funds they receive from customers in connection with making payments or issuing e-money. The Financial...
7/22/2025 5:17:50 PM The countdown begins: FMIs given one year to put fundamental rules into practice By James Morris Simon Treacy The Bank of England has finalised its Fundamental Rules for financial market infrastructure. Having originally proposed a six-month...
7/21/2025 1:16:39 PM The Consumer Duty and BNPL – uncomfortable accommodation or a meeting of minds? By Sara Cody Earlier this year the Government laid legislation before Parliament to bring more BNPL agreements into the scope of UK regulation (see:...
7/18/2025 9:11:01 AM FCA shapes rules for BNPL at start of one year countdown to new regime By Harry Eddis Clare Whittle Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Fiona Garrahan Simon Treacy +4 more... Show less Buy-now pay-later providers often rely on exemptions to remain outside the scope of regulation. As the UK plans to tighten these...
7/15/2025 8:05:15 PM UK puts growth at heart of financial services strategy By Peter Bevan Simon Treacy The UK Government has published a Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy. The Strategy, which was launched as part of the...
7/15/2025 11:24:10 AM Mansion House 2025: UK uses “Leeds Reforms” to rewire financial system By Peter Bevan Harry Eddis Clare McMullen Elizabeth Dowd Alastair Holt Nikunj Kiri Raza Naeem Michael Kent +5 more... Show less Rachel Reeves has used a summit in Leeds to announce a wide-ranging package of reforms to financial regulation. A new strategy for...
7/8/2025 8:31:06 PM Final pieces of DORA rulebook fall into place By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy In the last couple of years EU financial entities have been busy implementing the Digital Operational Resilience Act. DORA started to...